Do you need help to raise the quality of an online learning component? Use this Rubric for Online Instruction to evaluate...
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Do you need help to raise the quality of an online learning component? Use this Rubric for Online Instruction to evaluate existing courses, self-evaluate your own online course, or to help you design new online courses. The Rubric has been modified in 2009 to include some language to better align instruction guidelines with "accessibility for all." The companion piece "Instructional Design Tips for Online Learning" checklist is recommended to use along with the Rubric. It was designed by Joan Van Duzer of Humboldt State University. Check it out, http://www.csuchico.edu/tlp/resources/rubric/instructionalDesignTips.pdf. Over 95 institutions are currently using or modifing this rubric for their needs, as of May, 2009.

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The authors of this paper, M. D. Roblyer and Leticia Ekhaml, published in the Online Journal of Distance Learning...
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The authors of this paper, M. D. Roblyer and Leticia Ekhaml, published in the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, discuss the importance of students perceptions of the degree of interaction in a course and the related impact on student achievement and satisfaction. As well, they have designed a rubric for faculty to use to determine the degree of interactivity in their own distance learning courses.

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Reflections and insights on elearning strategies and instructional technology design. The author documents the method and...
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Reflections and insights on elearning strategies and instructional technology design. The author documents the method and results of applying instructional design and learning theories to the development of a learning object. The instruments and process for conducting a peer review and learning impact study are also included.

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Goals & objectives guide all teaching, learning, and assessment. This site gives concise explanations of learning objectives,...
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Goals & objectives guide all teaching, learning, and assessment. This site gives concise explanations of learning objectives, rationale for, and basic information including types and different levels of learning objectives. Many companion links are provided including writing objectives and linking objectives to assessment and instruction.

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Active Learning Handbook (ALHB), was created to help teachers incorporate student centered learning into their classroom...
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Active Learning Handbook (ALHB), was created to help teachers incorporate student centered learning into their classroom environments. The ALHB provides a theoretical foundation, activity selection criteria, and several activities that can be incorporated into the classroom both with and without technology.

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Site provides a table showing verbs appropriate for cognitive domains: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis,...
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Site provides a table showing verbs appropriate for cognitive domains: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Brief definitions of the domains are provided. This page is a good quick reference for keeping in mind the connection between assessment and objectives.

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״Web users generally prefer writing that is concise, easy to scan, and objective (rather than promotional) in style. We...
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״Web users generally prefer writing that is concise, easy to scan, and objective (rather than promotional) in style. We incorporated these and other attributes into a redesign of Web content. Doing so required trade-offs and some hard decisions, but the results were positive. The rewritten website scored 159% higher than the original in measured usability. Compared with original-site users, users of the rewritten site reported higher subjective satisfaction and performed better in terms of task time, task errors, and memory. Implications for website writing and design are discussed.״

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Forcing users to browse PDF files makes usability approximately 300% worse compared to HTML pages. Only use PDF for documents...
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Forcing users to browse PDF files makes usability approximately 300% worse compared to HTML pages. Only use PDF for documents that users are likely to print. In those cases, following six basic guidelines will minimize usability problems.

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